Are appropriate measures of location and variation used in the paper? For example, if the distribution of

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Are appropriate measures of location and variation used in the paper?

For example, if the distribution of the data is skewed, then has the median rather the mean been quoted? Is it sensible to quote a standard deviation, or would a range or interquartile range, be better? In general do not use SD for data which have skewed distributions.

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Medical Statistics

ISBN: 9780470025192

4th Edition

Authors: Michael J. Campbell, David Machin, Stephen J. Walters

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